Egyptomaniacs: How We Became Obsessed with Ancient Epypt

by Nicky Nielsen

Egyptomaniacs examines the popular view of Egypt as an exotic, esoteric, mystical culture obsessed with death and overflowing with mummies and pyramids but asks - is it at all accurate?

The Greek historian Hecataeus of Abdera declared during the 4th century BCE that the Egyptian civilization was unsurpassed in the arts and in good governance, surpassing even that of the Greeks. During the Renaissance, several ecclesiastical nobles, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526754010
• ISBN13: 9781526754011
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"